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Experientia

, Volume 38, Issue 11, pp 1337–1339 | Cite as

Cone mosaic in a teleost retina: No difference between light and dark adapted states

  • R. D. Fernald
Short Communications Biochemistry

Summary

The mosaic arrangement of retinal cones in the eye of the African cichlid fish,Haplochromis burtoni, is the same in both light and dark adapted states. This is in contrast to Kunz' claim2 that the retinal mosaic pattern changes from a square to a row type during dark adaptation, in the guppy (Poecelia reticulata). Kunz' histological procedure may account for this difference in results.

Keywords

Retina Pattern Change Dark Adaptation Mosaic Pattern Cichlid Fish 
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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1982

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. D. Fernald
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BiologyUniversity of OregonEugeneUSA

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